Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-09-22
GENERAL PARAGRAPHS.

The NJ E. conference lately held at Des
Moines, was among the largest attended and
most interesting OF the annual gatherings.
Much was contributed to the interest by the
presence of Bishop Merrill Among other
matters the case of Rev. Frank G. Haddock
son of the Sioux City preacher who was as
sassinated, was brought before the confer
ence by Rev. Mr. Crozier, presiding elder of
the Boone district He stated that Mr. Had
dock, form rly an ordained minister of the
Congregational church, desired to be admit
ted into the conference, having expressed a
wish to identify himself with the Methodist
church. Bishop Merrill briefly explained
that Mr. Haddock had served in the ministry
of the church by which he was orIain d for
several years subsequently he began tho
practice of law, still however, retaining his
orders, but when his father was murdered he
oonsecra ed himself to the ministry as . life
work. Some one quest oned whether he was
in full nc ord with the chu ch doctrines. Mr..
Haddosk expressed himself that he was. He
was admitted
"A very interesting event occurred at
Vienna in Dubuque county, Iowa, it being the
dedication of St oni ace Catholic chu ch
The ceremonies were conducted by lishop
Hennessey, assisted by forty-five priests.
Over 5000 people were present, including 500
from Dubuque The church is tho finest.
save on in the state and cost Sl,l00, be ides
work gratuiously given 1t is built of white
stone. The spre is 20 feet high. The con-
gregation is entirely German
The somewhat exciting habcas corpus case
Of Spencer vs. Spencer in the district court at
Columbus Neb. last month for the custo ~
of a ,hild has been happily terminated by the
divorced parties iemsrrying.
The i03ii anniversary OF the constitution
was celebrated at Philadelphia the l5th 10th
and 18th. There were over two hundred
thousand visitors from distance in addition
to the thousands from the adjacent counties
10 Pennsylvania, New Jersey. Delaware and
Maryla and hardly a state or territory was
unrepresented. In all directions, as far az
the eye could reach, the streets were a mass
of bunting and decorations. A mons ter cvic
and industrial pageant started and marched
distance of nearly five miles, then counter
marched to the starting point The civic aad
indus rial parade was the finest ever wit
messed in this country.
The customar. relations of tho hired man,
the farmers wife, and the farmor were rudely
disturbed at Eaton Ohio, recently. The
farmer reached home at the unseemly hour of
5 in the morning. and moment later the
hired man was externinatol The sudden
event occurred in the wife's apartment
In the case Of George Hami toa, one of
the strikers charged with wreckng a Missouri
Pacific train in $50, a verdict OF not guilty
has been given at Wyandotte, Kan.
"A circular from the Office of the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific Railroad company
announces tho following chang 8: L. St
John has been made general manager; A.
Kimball, here ofore vice president of the
company, has been appointed assistant to the
president; W. G. Purdy. secretary and treas
urer, has in addition to these Offices been
elected vice president; J. I. Phillips, late
cashier, has been appointed assistant secre-
tary and assistant treasurer.
-Four workmen were severely injured by
| the fall of the roof trusses in the now jewish
synagogue at the corner of Judd aud Clinton
| streets, in Chicago. John II ymond, Nicholas
Laddick and Albert Ringer had legs broken
and August Blick received a sevore scalp
wound
by the fall of a pile of lumber in the
street railway engine-house in Kansas City,
six men were severely injured. Their names
are: John H. Kcnnett John Logan. W. H.
Smith, James Good, l. W. Whitsitt and Isaac
Werner.